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L. 1. DESENBERG.

GAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, I9I5.

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LAWRENCE J". DESENBERG, 013 LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

GAME.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, LAWRENCE J. DEsnN- BERG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los chance, requires skill in the playing thereof and which includes apparatus with which many kinds of games, like those played on a pool table may be played.

Another object is to provide inexpensive game apparatus which is constructed so that it may be held in the hands of the player and easily played, the principal game pieces being balls, which are caused to gravitate to difierent points upon a game board by tilting the apparatus.

.The, invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations,

and arrangement of parts as will be more fullyhereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a top .plan view of my'improved game board; Fig. 2 is a top. plan view showing some of the game members inscoring position; and Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 00 -zv of Fig. l. I

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a substantially rectangular and fiat game board which is constructed of wood, cardboard, metal or any other suitable material and is preferably of a size to permit the player to hold it in the hands. At the four corners of the'board pockets 2, 3, 4 and 5 are formed, each pocket being identical as to construction and size and opening upon the board. Side pockets 6 and 7 of the same size and shape as are the end pockets are formed at diametrically opposite points centrally of the longitudinal edges of the board, making'six pockets in all.

The board is provided with side walls 8 and 9 and end walls 10 and 11 joined ets are formed the game board 1 is provided with outward extensions 12, each of which is substantially semi-circular and forms the bottom wall of a pocket. It will thus be Patented Dec. 21, 1915.

Application filed May 18, 1915. Serial No. 28,838.

seen that the bottom walls of the, pockets are level with the surface of the game board 1. The side and end walls are curved out-.

wardly and secured to the peripheries of the extensions'or projections 12 so as to provide walls for the pockets and are extended toward one another at the mouths of the pockets to provide retaining flanges 13 which flanges restrict the mouths of the pockets and act to retain the game pieces in the pocket to a certain extent. Marked upon the game board near one of the end walls, for example, the end wall 10, are rings 14 which indicate points at which a plurality of balls 15 are to be -positioned in order to play the game. The rings are arranged in V formation and are six in number, preferably, thus requiring six balls 15. Each of the balls is numbered from one to six, inclusive. Upon the center of the board 1 is marked a ring 16. This ring indicates the point for standing a game piece 17. The game piece 17 is preferably in the form of a tenpin or bottle and is to be knocked down by the balls 15.

The game is played as follows: The game piece 17 and the balls 15 are placed in position at the points indicated by the markings 1 1 and 16 and the board is held in the hands of the player and tilted to cause the balls to gravitate into the pockets. The player should try to direct one of the balls into engagement with the game piece so as to knock the game piece over. Only one ball should be contained in a pocket, and should the player in tilting the board cause one of the balls to roll out of the pocket, or

the game pieceto fall, the turnis lost and l the next player places the balls and game piece in startingposition again. The retaining flanges 13 act to a certain extent to prevent. the balls from rolling out of the pockets too readily while the player is tilting the board. The score is determined by the balls remaining in the pocket when the player loses his turn, the numbers on the balls being added to determine the points scored. The knocking down of the bottle with a ball preferably counts 5. If the player pockets all six balls, he continues to play after again setting the balls instarting position.

The game is preferably thirty-one points and if a player scores more than thirty-one points his entire score is lost and he loses his turn. The game piece must be set upon the v ring 16in the centervof the table each time it is knocked down. It will beseen that the object of this game is to roll as many balls as possible into the pockets, one ball in each pocket, and to cause one of the balls to knock the game piece down.

While I have described "only one "game which maybe played with my game apparatus, it is to be understood that the playersmay make their own rules and other games similar to those which may be played ;upon a pool table may be played as readily as theone described in the foregoing. I

In practice I have found that the form of my invention illustrated in the drawings and referred to in the above description as the preferred embodiment is the most efficient and practical, yet realizing that the conditions concurrent with the adoption of my 1 device will necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in construction, proportion and arrangement of parts may be resorted to when requiredwithout sacrificing any of the advantages of my invention as set forth in the appended claims. I

I claim:

1.- A game comprising a fiat game board having a plurality of ball-receiving pockets about the edges thereof, a plurality of-balls to be, gravitated into the pockets by tilting the board, and a game piece mounted in upright position upon the board and adapted to be knocked down by the balls.

2.. A'game comprising a flat substantially rectangular game board having a plurality of'outward extensions at the corners thereof and at points between certain corners, side wallscarried on the edges of the game board and extending around the extensions to provide walls for said extensions and formockets,'a game piece adapted to be mounted in upright position upon said board, and a plurality of balls to be gravitated into engagement with the game piece and into the pockets, by tilting the board.

3. A game comprising'a'flat substantially Copies of this' patent may be obtained for five cents eaoh, by addressing Washington, D. 0.

of and at points between certain corners,

side walls carried on the edges of the game board and extending around the extensions to provide walls for said extensions and form pockets, a game piece'adapted to. be

mounted in upright position upon said board, a plurality of balls to be gravitated into engagement with the gamev piece-and rectangular game board a plurality of outward extensions at the corners there-:

into the pockets by tilting the board, and re taining flanges carried by the side wallsand extending toward one another at points where said extensions are joined, to "the board,to obstruct the openings of the'pockets and retain the balls" in the pockets. l. game comprising a flat game boar having .a plurality of pockets about the edges thereofnsaid" pockets having their 'floo-rslevel with the game board, a

piece adapted to be mounted in upright pos1--.

tion upon the board, and a plurality of balls mounted upon the board and adapted'to Ibe gravitated into the pockets and into en- .fiflgement ith the game piece by tilting the? 'board. V c 1 -5. A, game comprising a flat game board f having a plurality. of pockets aboutthe edges thereof, said fpockets having their '12.

floors level with the game board,'agame piece adapted to be mounted'inIupright position upon theboard, a pluralitybfjballs ,mounted upon the board-andadapted tobe gravitated into the pockets and into engagel ment with the game'piece by tilting the board, retaining flanges'extending from op-' posite sides ofthe pockets atth'e mouths I thereof and restricting the openings at the mouths ofthe pockets, and side wallsfor said game board. 4

; In testimony whereof, I haveihereunto th -commissioner: Patents, 

